Public Address | Cafe | Island Life: I Am Drinking Again

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:55:48 +1300

People I see a need for a definitive Whiskypedia
to avoid the inevitable
usquebaugh humbug backlash...
a place that calls the shots...
a hall for the Knights of Malter...
combining the best of aqua vitae
and still life with a comprehensive
Frequently Casked Questions section

we are at a crucial…

Steve Barnes

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:43:25 +1300

@Rob

glad to have tried it, not sure I'd do so again.

An old saying wot I made up,
"Never try to repeat a perfect experience, it will always disappoint"
Thanx for the idea. :-)

Kyle Matthews

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:44:59 +1300

"Except when sounded like 'ay', as in neighbour and weigh."

Sorry what? I got lost somewhere after step four.

Emma Hart

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:49:18 +1300

I before E except after C
, only when the sound is 'ee'
Got me out of a few sticky spelling situations that rule has.

"Except when sounded like 'ay', as in neighbour and weigh."

And, apparently, Feilding.

Robert Urquhart

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:42:33 +1300

I before E except after C

, only when the sound is 'ee'

Got me out of a few sticky spelling situations that rule has.

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:23:56 +1300

I before E except after C.

That's what I was taught at school – it must be hell being a teacher in Feilding.

Sacha

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:19:20 +1300

I can't imagine who might have pushed you to discover such a place..

Rex Widerstrom

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:45:51 +1300

Ardberg for when you want to drink it with people with whom you don't mind sharing. Peaty enough to satisfy me, mild enough to be acceptable to all but the wimpiest malt drinker. But when I want indulgence and / or to deter my companions from sharing ("Here, tray a…

mark taslov

Fri, 04 Sept 2009 12:02:13 +1200

This is living.

Sacha

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 21:49:43 +1200

And in other news sourced from a billboard, Burger Fuel introduce a wagyu burger. Wit cheese.

Richard Wain

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 20:47:04 +1200

accompanied by a foie gras mousse

Was it gavage-based foie gras David? That's what Wiki tells me is the force-fed style... Did you check?

I'm not a food nazi by any means but that stuff makes me sick. Hope they do it the other way where you were.

Sacha

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 18:17:26 +1200

Yay, another whisky interlude. Lagavulin, I say.

For that unflinching pursuit of what tastes good, heedless of price, I salute you, Rob Hosking.

Sadly his tastes weren't so luxuriantly reckless when we flatted together. :)

Rob Hosking

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 17:24:31 +1200

CHEERS.

Dave Patrick

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 16:46:30 +1200

Glenmorangie for smoooooooooooth, Laphroaig for when I want to KNOW I'm drinking a whisky.

Which reminds me, I still have a bottle of Glenmorangie in the cupboard at home – party at my house tonight!

Rob Hosking

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 16:36:29 +1200

@Stephen: its like a lot of things – glad to have tried it, not sure I'd do so again.

Mark Graham

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 16:25:43 +1200

Ardbeg fan, myself. And thoroughly jealous. You OWE me a good lunch and this would have been perfect. On the other hand, you do invite me to the Xmas freelancers' lunch each year, so maybe I still owe you. On the other hand, I'm never above blagging a free invite…

Stephen Judd

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 13:43:07 +1200

For that unflinching pursuit of what tastes good, heedless of price, I salute you, Rob Hosking.

Rob Hosking

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 12:53:19 +1200

Some years back I saw a doco about a salmon farm on or near where they make Laphroig.

They were smoking the salmon – first smearing it with honey – with wood from the Laphroig barrels.

Now, I find Laphroig a little too peaty for my tastes but only a…

Simon Wilson

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 12:51:12 +1200

Mmm. So good, I'm just off the retrieve my own copy, douse it in whisky and eat it. And here was me thinking you were tweeting INSTEAD of taking notes.

Andre

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 10:02:12 +1200

who cares... the Pixies are coming and that is ALL THAT MATTERS NOW!!!
Nice article tho big guy!

Sacha

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 09:40:22 +1200

He's a proud man.

andrew llewellyn

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 09:39:27 +1200

Awesome. Life is good.

Andrew C

Thu, 03 Sept 2009 09:23:43 +1200

Peter Calder knows how to review a meal without being the slightest bit pretentious

I recall a meal review by Peter Calder where he complemented the establishment's steak because 'they were able to cook a steak nearly as good as he could'

Or did I totally miss the joke perhaps..?

Russell Brown

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 20:35:16 +1200

Hey, it's me

Harrumph.

And I had to read about it in real time on Wammo's Twitter.

The landscape of malt whisky drinking is blotted with snobs. Glenfiddich might be a single malt, but it's more U2 than hip, obscure indie band. U2, of course sells more units, and gets…

cindy baxter

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 19:27:35 +1200

beautifully written.
i'm sitting here with mouth watering.
not sure if it's for the whiskey or the food.
perhaps both.

nice. thank you.

Conor Roberts

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 17:42:57 +1200

This is the most awesome thing you've ever written.

Rob Hosking

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 17:27:27 +1200

I laughed. I cried. Nice piece of writing, and I'm a little tearful because there is no way I can go along to that next Wednesday night and then be going into the Reserve Bank lockup at 7am the next morning.

Actually Bollard himself should go along to this event.…

Jackie Clark

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 17:26:44 +1200

My initial response to whiskey with dinner was ew. But then again, I hate whiskey, so my reaction is still ew.

David Slack

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 17:11:48 +1200

Jamon. Spiced up in little crumbs. All over the plate.

Lyndon Hood

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 17:05:47 +1200

Results 1 – 1 of 1 for "Iberico brioche crumb". (0.22 seconds)

... continues googling...

Jamón ibérico? Or just, sort of, brioche, but spanish style?

Don Christie

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 16:33:15 +1200

Hey hey. Lay off Fielding. Not much they can do wrong there (IMHO). Although, letting that children's toy shop shut down was a close call.

Idiot Savant

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 16:18:00 +1200

For Labour Weekend I will be going to Feilding.

That's "friendly" Feilding, where they're always happy to see their "townie cousins".

Whoever designed their current cinema advertising campaign (which I was tortured with before seeign District 9 last night) should be sacked.

Public Address

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 16:18:00 +1200

Discussion from blog post.